Past Exhibition

Walker Evans

The image depicts a close-up of two individuals sitting closely together, showing only their upper bodies and faces. On the left, a man is wearing a dark suit, white shirt, patterned tie, and a dark hat. The person on the right is a child wearing a coat, brimmed hat, and a scarf tied under the chin. A third person is partially visible reading a newspaper, and their hat is also dark. The background shows a window with blurred lights outside, indicating an evening or nighttime setting. The image has a monochrome tone.
Walker Evans, Subway Portrait, 1938, gelatin silver print, Gift of Kent and Marcia Minichiello, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1990.114.13

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The image depicts a close-up of two individuals sitting closely together, showing only their upper bodies and faces. On the left, a man is wearing a dark suit, white shirt, patterned tie, and a dark hat. The person on the right is a child wearing a coat, brimmed hat, and a scarf tied under the chin. A third person is partially visible reading a newspaper, and their hat is also dark. The background shows a window with blurred lights outside, indicating an evening or nighttime setting. The image has a monochrome tone.
Walker Evans, Subway Portrait, 1938, gelatin silver print, Gift of Kent and Marcia Minichiello, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1990.114.13

Overview: 66 Walker Evans photographs included Evans' Subway series, his earliest portraits of Berenice Abbott, his architectural studies, and examples of his work between 1945 and 1965 for Fortune magazine. The Subway series was given to the National Gallery in 1988 and 1990 by Kent and Marcia Minichiello. The other works in the exhibition were selected from recent gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Lunn Jr.; the Clive Gray family; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Stern; Edward Lenkin and Katherine Meier; an anonymous donor; and from photographs purchased with support from the Goldsmith Foundation.

Organization: Sarah Greenough, curator of photography, was the exhibition curator.

Attendance: 103,275

Catalog: Walker Evans: Subways and Streets, by Sarah Greenough. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1991.

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